But what did Dazai do wrong?

"Are you kidding..." Kudo Shinichi forced a stiff smile, "Isn't the parachute prepared according to the head? There are extra spares."

"Indeed." Riri Yamabuki nodded in agreement. "At first glance, it seems that there are indeed a lot of them, and they are enough for the guests. As long as the service staff full of airships are not treated as human beings, the lives of the guests are always safe."

What do you think of similar reports like "Shocking Report! The Akashi Consortium, Suzuki Zaibatsu, did such trivial things to save their lives", "Don't take the life of the service staff! Expose the ugly face of contemporary capitalists!" order?"

That's so interesting, newspapers all over Japan will come and bite the flesh like a shark that smells fishy.

"Why are you sure the airship will fall?" Kudo Shinichi calmed down, "Is it because the number of parachutes is wrong? It may also be the negligence of the staff."

Riri Yamabuki took a spoonful of red velvet cake and put it into her mouth. She leaned on the transparent window and followed the misty clouds in the sky to look at the end of infinity.

"The sound is wrong." The girl with black hair and golden eyes said softly, "The sound of the airship passing through the clouds, the sound of the wind blowing through the fuselage... There are discordant notes dancing in the movement, and a gear in the mechanical dial is crumbling. The sound of screws clanging to the ground, massive structures collapsing, and the world shaking."

"The intuition of danger is the first lesson in combat." Riri Yamabuki stood up straight, "I always get full marks."

Detectives don't rely on intuition, detectives love evidence.Kudo Shin half squatted on the ground, with his elbows propped on his knees, he lowered his head and thought for a while before raising his head again.

"If this is just a case, I will only believe you if I see the evidence. But it is still an accident, and human life is more important than anything else—let's contact the captain now to see if we can make an emergency landing!"

Interrupting the banquet between the Akashi consortium and the Suzuki consortium is a very offensive thing, but Kudo Shinichi didn't care about that much, he just wanted to rush into the captain's room immediately.

Ritsuri Yamabuki raised his hand to stop him vainly.

"Detective, you may not know my style very well." She said, "Let me teach you one thing. Dangerous elements like us who act illegally will not fight with detectives or police unless there is no room for redemption. discussed."

"The captain and co-pilot are probably dead." Riri Yamabuki pointed to his nose, "I smell blood that even the red velvet cake can't cover up."

"However, the automatic flight system can still be maintained for a while, so we don't have to worry about the airship falling down while we are talking," she added.

The number of parachutes is wrong, the body has been tampered with, and both the captain and the co-pilot died tragically in the cabin—the triple blow was enough at once. The moment Riri Yamabuki left the banquet hall to breathe fresh air in the corridor, she already knew that there was no way back ending.

Kudo Shinichi: "..."

Kudo Shinichi: "Then why did the first thing you say when you saw me was, 'Use your super god's death radar to see if there will be any cases on the airship that cause the airship to crash today'?"

"Hmm..." Ritsu Yamabuki thought for a while, and carefully considered his words, "In order to give the famous detective a chance to appear? In order to let you have the name of the leading actor in this blockbuster air crash?"

Isn't adding drama to you to help you?Why is it still on her?I can't understand the minds of young people with high self-esteem.

"For ordinary people, the way of escape has been locked by the murderer behind the scenes." Riri Yamabuki put the small dish after eating the cake into the recycling basket, "If the number of parachutes is carefully planned by the murderer, then the captain and The co-pilot's death was also within his expectations. Let's guess, how many people did the murderer want to experience despair?"

In the cage shackled above the sky, there is only one way to escape from the beginning.The white wings that symbolize life cannot take care of everyone. Who would watch other people spread their wings and leave their bodies to fall with the cage?

"The murderer, he didn't prepare a parachute for himself." Kudo Shinichi said slowly, "offending the Suzuki family, the Akashi family and Port Mafia at the same time, dying here is the best ending he can get. If he is good at manipulating public opinion His companion, the death of the murderer is also available material. When he stepped on the airship, he should have been prepared."

"But it's not enough for him to die. He deserved his fate and can't get sympathy points. Under what circumstances do people feel hopeless... Select among a group of people, and exclude those who are high-ranking, rich and powerful, well-connected, Kinship—the last one left who is helpless and disliked, stays in place of everyone, and dies in place of everyone.”

"To that man, all living beings are his murderers, a source of despair and corruption."

"Excluding the dead, the number of parachutes is two fewer than the number of survivors, right?"

Kudo Shinichi's voice fell, and a cold dead silence permeated between him and Yamabuki Riri.Maliciousness blows from the hollow, making Kudo Shinichi's whole heart stiff.

"You look like you're about to cry." Riri Yamabuki said calmly. "Crying for some unlucky guy who might be chosen? Everyone will cry for him, and who will tell him to give him the chance to live?" Woolen cloth?"

Kudo Shinichi opened his mouth in vain, but made no sound.

He is thinking desperately, thinking desperately, but no matter how he thinks, there is a dead end.

"Okay, don't be dejected." Riri Yamabuki clapped his hands crisply, "Have you not listened to me? I told you the solution to the problem from the very beginning."

Kudo Shinichi suddenly looked up at her.

The girl with black hair and eyes said lightly: "Just give me the spot of the unlucky ghost."

Her fingertips were pressed against the cold window, and the azure color spread all the way to the end of infinity: "If you jump from here, you don't need a parachute."

Riri Yamabuki tilted his head: "You must have underestimated my professionalism, detective."

……

Osamu Dazai was standing by the viewing window holding a glass of bubbling iced champagne.

It has been a long time since Riri Yamabuki left the banquet hall, and the walking Death Detective was missing with her.

A poor boyfriend who abandoned him because he was trapped in work, and a childhood sweetheart who abandoned him who was at a loss.

Osamu Dazai was not sure whether he wanted to go to Mao Lilan's side to have a cup of sympathy with her, and by the way, he invited her to die of love and anger to the pair of scumbags who ran away and disappeared.

"Did something happen?" Osamu Dazai took a sip of the cold champagne, "I knew it would be ominous to stay in a high-risk air crash site like an airship with Death."

He sighed, put down his wine glass and prepared to find his troublesome girlfriend.

"Champagne? Give me a sip, I'm dying of thirst." At this moment, Riri Yamabuki came in through the small door of the banquet hall, and Osamu Dazai raised the wine glass that was about to be put down, and asked her to drink from his own hand.

"Something went wrong." Riri Yamabuki pursed his shiny lips after soaking in the water, "But it's been resolved, don't worry. You can still enjoy the banquet time for a while, and we will go bungee jumping later."

Osamu Dazai took out a clean handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped off the champagne accidentally stained on Riri Yamabuki's cheek: "Murder, the crash of the airship, and the parachute jump?"

"That's right." Riri Yamabuki glanced at the cloudy sky outside the window, "I caught the murderer on behalf of a detective, but unfortunately, the port Mafia couldn't execute him personally."

"Even if it's a murderer, it's not difficult for Mafia at the port to go back and lynch himself." Osamu Dazai put down his hand, "He won't survive to get off the ship? Well, the number of parachutes on the airship is wrong?"

After guessing most of the facts in a few words, it was very easy to talk to Osamu Dazai.Riri Yamabuki pinched her boyfriend's cheek and said with relief, "Two parachutes are missing, but it's enough."

Two less, one for the murderer, and the other... for herself.

Dazai Osamu covered the hand on his cheek, and squeezed Riri Yamabuki's knuckles slowly and firmly: "It's the first time I know that Riri-chan is actually a person who is keen on self-sacrifice."

"No self-sacrifice." His strength is like a cat's scratching at the mountain, and he can feel the weight but not understand the meaning. "Such a height is nothing."

Osamu Dazai knew.

In fact, he didn't worry about the safety of Riri Yamabuki. This level of unnecessary worry is an insult and distrust to her strength.

He's just... a little unhappy.

Very subtle unpleasantness, pitifully small but real jealousy is like a seed that can't germinate even if it pushes hard against the soil. Osamu Dazai thinks this kind of seed is obstructive and inappropriate, but at the same time he can't deny the shallow traces of its existence.

An almost inaudible voice buzzed in his mind:

Isn't she a professional killer?Isn't it a mercenary who takes money to do things?Saving people is not within her business scope, is it?

What does the lack of parachutes have to do with her?In any case, the person who died would not be the one she cared about, what about the unimportant people, wouldn't it?

Just like before, like countless missions, she protected him from the explosion and the hail of bullets, and the building exploded behind them, and she didn't even turn her head.

It's the same this time, as long as she and him are safe, the rest of the people should not be in her consideration. She obviously has never considered these things, and she is obviously an indifferent person who just sits by and watches her life die...

Of course, Osamu Dazai's understanding of Yamabuki's law is not limited to these.

He knew that she had taken many children's entrustments, and for a few balloons or a few golden flat candies they gave her, she would cross the streets and alleys and find cats and dogs for them to find their way home. The cart full of goods was pushed all the way to the suburban villa, and because of a cat pendant of the unemployed woman on the side of the road, she sat on the side of the road and listened to her drunk and scolded the dog boss all night.

Occasionally, she does things that are out of proportion to the income and investment, as if there is always a pool of hot springs in her heart frozen by the Siberian cold wind, and a little softness can be glimpsed in the smallest details of life.

Same thing today.Riri Yamabuki definitely didn't hesitate when making a choice, she didn't need to hesitate, as she said: she doesn't need a parachute, it's not because she's trying to be brave or out of kindness, but she really doesn't need it.

Since it is not needed, it is a very good thing to use it to save others, it is very logical.

Osamu Dazai was not jealous because of this.He doesn't think he is a good person, but he won't hurt others when he can save a life. Riri Yamabuki made the right choice, and it's really good to find a way for everyone to live a good life.

But... "Someone will be passionate." Osamu Dazai murmured.

"Huh?" Shanbuki Riri hummed a confused nasal sound.The banquet hall was noisy, and people who knew the bad news whispered the news they had heard while urgently learning how to skydive.

Someone timidly walked up to Riri Yamabuki and bowed hard to her.

"Thank you very, very much!" The voice was a timid young man in a waiter's uniform, stammering.

He was born with an indistinct public face, and he is the type that is easily overlooked in the crowd. He can only concentrate on doing things, he doesn't know how to curry favor with others, and he is not good at getting along with others.

"I heard..." The young man rubbed his hands nervously, "There are not enough parachutes. Colleagues, colleagues all said that some of us will be left behind... because! Because the guests will definitely be saved! The distinguished guests must There is a parachute... so, so we have to choose one of our waiters to die..."

"They all said that if they vote, they will vote for me." The young man wiped his eyes fiercely, "I'm not likable, I'm just an intern, and my family has no background. If I die here, I can get some compensation for my family... I resigned to my fate—but! I heard from Mr. Detective over there that you are willing, willing to give me the parachute... Thank you very much, you saved my life! This is me Please give me a chance to repay you in the future!"

With his eyes closed, he held out a handwritten crumpled note with a phone number on it.

"Ah, you don't need to thank me." Riri Yamabuki blinked and didn't answer the note from the young man, "I didn't know you were chosen, so there is no such thing as 'specially saving you'. It's just that I personally don't You need a parachute to land safely before you choose to give up, and there is no nobler reason."

"Even so!" The young man refused to back down, "It is still an undeniable fact that you saved me, please give me a chance to repay you!"

"Repay?" Yamabuki Riri didn't say anything, and Dazai Osamu, who was standing beside her, picked up the crumpled note in the young man's palm and shook it twice with his fingertips, "For saving my life... how do you want to repay it? Do you want to promise it with your body?" ?”

"Yeah, it's not impossible..." the young man stammered, his face flushed red.

Thinking well, Osamu Dazai looked at him expressionlessly.

He knew it would turn out like this.

There must be someone who is self-indulgent.

She didn't want to save you, Osamu Dazai thought, Riri-chan made it so clear, she didn't want to save you at all, she just gave up what she didn't need to "someone"—"someone" Don't want specific symbols, she has no interest in who gets her rescue.

Do you think you can establish a bond with her after being saved by her?

Do you think you can leave your name in her address book after being rescued by her?

Think beautifully.

He is so big standing beside her, are you blind and can't see?

The note with the phone number was crumpled under Dazai Osamu's fingertips.

The young man opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound like a duck being strangled. He was shocked by the inexplicable and terrifying aura, and his back was wet with cold sweat.

It was true that he came to thank him, and it was true that he had some thoughts that he shouldn't have.

Who doesn't want to climb up on young, beautiful and rich guests?The grace of life-saving is the best reason.Doesn't it mean that people will look at people who have been saved by themselves, at least it is not difficult to accept his number?

"Dazai?" Riri Yamabuki touched Osamu Dazai's face, "Are you angry? Or are you feeling unwell?"

It looks like I'm not happy and come to coax me.

"There are nasty people polluting the air." Osamu Dazai wrinkled his nose, "Hands are also stained with ink."

The number on the slip of paper was newly written, and the ink stains were still wet, so they couldn't be rubbed off when rubbed on Dazai Osamu's fingertips.

"Go to the bathroom and take a shower." Riri Yamabuki took Dazai Osamu's hand and looked around, "I remember the bathroom is over there..."

Seeing the sign, she led Osamu Dazai to the bathroom, passing the young man whose clothes were wet with cold sweat without turning his eyes.

"Huh la la." The cold water washes away the ink stains, Osamu Dazai lowered his head and washed his hands slowly.

The sink is a public area, and Riri Yamabuki stood by and waited for him while calculating how long the airship could last.

"Will you take his number?"

Suddenly, Riri Yamabuki heard Osamu Dazai ask.

"Who?" Riri Yamabuki regained her thoughts, she recalled blankly, "That person just now?"

"I just saw it half a minute ago, so I can't forget it so quickly?" Osamu Dazai complained, feeling a little happy in his heart.

"It's not someone who needs to remember." Riri Yamabuki said indifferently, "Number? I won't accept it. I only save the client's contact information. He doesn't look like someone who can afford the commission fee."

"But people say they want to repay you."

"It's the best reward not to find trouble for me."

Riri Yamabuki said lazily: "We in Boka are very snobbish. Only the numbers of big customers who have long-term cooperation are worth keeping in the address book."

"Of course," she raised her eyebrows, "boyfriend's number is also worth it."

The water rushing against the fingertips was still icy cold, but Osamu Dazai hoped that the cooling effect would be better.

"Isn't it just ink on your hands? What are you washing your face for?" Riri Yamabuki looked at Dazai Osamu whose forehead was dripping wet, and water droplets slid down his cheeks, "What troublesome thing do you want me to do? "

She admitted that she was seduced by those eyes with dripping eyelashes and light-colored pupils.

The enemy will not easily use the beauty attack, every time it is a very troublesome thing.She will definitely think carefully this time, and she will never be bewitched by the wet cat so that her brain will be taken off.

"It's just a little hot." Osamu Dazai turned off the rattling faucet, "Speaking of things to do, there is indeed one thing."

"...you say." Yamabuki Riri remained vigilant.

"There are two missing parachutes on the airship, one was given up by Lawyer, and the other was prepared by the murderer for himself." Osamu Dazai said, "He has been caught? Where is he being held?"

"Utility room." Yamabuki Riri replied, "For the murderer, even escaping from the airship is a dead end, but staying in the sky is a romantic way to die. People can't take it back to the port of Mafia, you want to be here Go to lynching?"

Mafia is characterized by a strong sense of revenge. They not only pursue the enemy, but also have a unique execution method.

"A famous detective will not agree." Yamabuki Riri thought, "If the situation allows, he even wants the murderer to return to the ground alive and hand it over to the Tokyo police."

"But it's easy for me to take you to see the prisoner quietly." She said, "Anyway, the detective is too busy now."

"No." Osamu Dazai said, "I also tend to hand over the murderer to the Tokyo police."

"Why?" Yamabuki Riri didn't understand, "Isn't your port Mafia super vengeful?"

"No map cannon." Osamu Dazai complained in a low voice, "Suzuki and Akashi held this banquet for the purpose of stationing in Yokohama, right? Whether it is security or other projects, they are responsible for the project, and accidents are also the responsibility of the two. If If the murderer is handed over to the police, and the two chaebols manipulate public opinion in a favorable direction, we can actually extract greater benefits from it."

"Punishing that guy is the best way to relieve anger, and it's not worth the actual profit." Osamu Dazai said coldly, "Besides, do you think he can sleep peacefully after he goes to jail?"

Tsk tsk, the famous detective is still too young to understand Mafia's heart.

"I understand." Riri Yamabuki rubbed his forehead, "But we can't take him away, he cut off his own way of life."

"Okay." Osamu Dazai's eyes flickered with a strange light, "Just give him my parachute."

"...What are you talking about?" Riri Yamabuki looked up at Osamu Dazai, "I didn't hear you clearly, please say it again."

"The expression is so scary." Dazai Osamu muttered, "Isn't jumping from a high altitude a great way to commit suicide? I've always wanted to try it once!"

"In the Mafia building at the port, you can jump as much as you want. If you want to jump down from Mori Ogai's office, I can help you get him out." Riri Yamabuki said coldly, "Not here, I won't say Second time."

"Why?" Osamu Dazai tilted his head to look at her, "Is there any difference? There is no difference for those who want to commit suicide."

"The difference is——" Riri Yamabuki paused, "Why should I reason with you? Go get a parachute. Anyone here can live without a parachute, but you can't."

"Why?" Dazai asked stubbornly.

"Because I don't care about other people's lives." Riri Yamabuki said impatiently, "Just say one more thing, I'll kill the person locked in the utility room right now, regardless of whether there are enough parachutes."

She passed Osamu Dazai and wanted to go out.

"What a down-and-out actionist..." Osamu Dazai grabbed Riri Yamabuki's wrist, and gently pulled away the dark blue ribbon she had tied around her wrist to match the dress.

The ribbon tied into a rosette fell down on Osamu Dazai's fingertips, and he put his arm and Riri Yamabuki together, carefully winding and tightening it.

"What the hell are you trying to do?" Riri Yamabuki felt that the situation was getting more and more outrageous, but it was better for Osamu Dazai to tie himself to her than him to slip away alone and jump off the boat, so she didn't resist .

"The previous question, Riri-chan's answer is irrelevant." Osamu Dazai tied the knot and did not let go of Yamabuki Riri's wrist. "My question is: What is the difference between jumping here and jumping at the port Mafia?"

"The answer is that there is no difference," he said, "because no matter where I jump from, you will come to my rescue, and I will not die."

"Sister." Dazai Osamu's smiling eyes were full of wanton madness, "I invited you to die for love when we first met. I remember, my sister nodded at that time."

"Nodding means promise, right? It's my fault that I haven't been able to keep my promise."

Osamu Dazai's voice became softer, the sense of danger flooded Riri Yamabuki's skin like a tide, and the long-lost excitement and pleasure climbed up her eyebrows and eyes.

She laughed, put her other hand on Osamu Dazai's shoulder, and pressed his forehead very intimately.

"You want to jump from a height of [-] meters with me." She said firmly.

"Okay." Yamabuki Riri said happily, "Let me fulfill your wish."